Crystal River current., 1887-01-15
LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY.

The sixth biennial session of the Col
orado Legislature convened at noon on the
5th. The Senate was called to order by
Lieutenant Governor Rreene and prayer
was offered by the Rev. C. d. Jeffries. The
after which Secretary Clark read a COM
munication from Secretary of State Hanley,
sending in the certificates of the members
elect; lssen.! These were referred to Commit,
Freeman, Cornish and BareIa, and a recess
of ten minutes was taken. The committee,
on its return, reported the names hereto
fore published, and the roll was called.
Chief Justice Beck swore in the members.
DSenator Eddy, chairman of the commit
tee appointed at the last session to revise
the rules, presented report of that COM
mittee.
The rules as amended were adopted and
the Senate then proceeded to the election
of officers with the following result: Presi-
dent rro ten. OF the Senate, Senator Chill Chill
tant Secretary, G. t. Parks; Reading Clerk,
Robert Casey; Docket Clerk, r, L. Barker;
Chaplain, Rev. c: D. Jeffries; Sergeant.at-
Arms, James Fitzgerald; Assistant Ser
James Moynahan, Jr.; Messenger, Joseph
Moore; Engrossing. Clerk, Edgar Howbert;
Interpreters, J. A. Garcia and J. P. Deus,
The various officers were then sworn In and
the Senate adjourned.
THE HoUsE.-The House was called to
order by General Stevenson, Chief Clerk OF
the last Legislature, and Mr.. Melvin Ed
out opposition. The Chair appointed
Messrs. Wells, OF Boulder, Bowen, Of Chat
fee and Morrison, of Clear Creek, commit.
tee on credentials who retired and in short
tied to seats which was the same as that
read at the opening hOaf. In the contested
counties Mr.. Sweeney was returned as the
member from Huerfano and Messrs. Suther-
land and CARRIER from Pueblo.
On motion of Mr.. Hoover, Of Lake, the
members were sworn in, the Representa-
tiyes forming semi-circle in front of the
An informal ballot for Speaker was then
taken which resulted in the election of Mr..
7. b. Stuart by vote of % to 21-a strictly
party vote, with the exception of Mr.; F. &.
B. Stuart voted for Mr.. Morrison and Mr..
Morrison returned the compliment.
Upon being conducted to the Speakers s
chair Mr.. Stuart addressed the House as
follows:
GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF REPRE-
sENTATIvEs: l am sincerely thankful! to
you for the honor of .elevating me to this
position wish it understood genthiemen1 hens n
conduct myselfin such manner as to mer-
it your confidence and support hope for
your assistance in the conduct of all busi-
deavOrs will be to do what is right, though
often I'll be wrong. What is your pleasure,
gentlemen?
Other officers of the House were then
elected as follows: Chief clerk, NJ. r.
Moore, of Salida; sergeant-at-arms, Charles
T. Linton, of ArapahOe; assistant sergeant
alarms. William Aichers assistant chief
clerk, Stanley Stokes.
Thursday was then carried, and the House
adjourned, the Republican members re-
naming in their seats, at the request of the
Speaker, for the purpose of caucussing.
THURSDAY. JAN. 6.
SENATE-Senator Greene offered me-
mortal to Congress asking for the estab-
1ishment of a grass experiment station in
Colorado. to be constructed under the :di-
rection Of the Department Of Agriculture.
The committee appointed by the Secre-
tary se p o sSd fas Keryd aGyd tes
Auditor, reported that they had performed
the duty and had found the accounts cor
rect.
Senator: Green, to regulate practice in the
Supreme Court; by Senator HarkisOn, to
encourage the destruction Of wolves and
coyotes and offering :bounties therefor; by
Of debtors from levy and attachment; by
Senator Harkison, to settle disputes between
hployers and employees; by Senator Ar
Ghuleta, fixing the terms Of The District
Senator Carpenter, fixing the pay of EN-
ployes of the Legislature; BY Senator
Green submitting to the voters an amend-
ent t4 Artse of the state
ing thee eCriminafC COURTS of fArapahoe, Lakeland
Pueblo counties by Senator, Carpenter to in
crease the number of Judges in the I'd and 5th
judicial districts; by Senator Poole, to au-
thOrize the issuance of duplicate State war
rants; by Senator Freeman to provide a
premium for killing wolves and coyotes; by
Senator Freeman, to establish State Board
of Health.
After the appointment of committees to
draft resolutions upon the deaths of Ex-
Governor Pitkin and Senators Elkins and
noon.
At the afternoon session the following
standing committees were appointed:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Green. Freeman,
Campbell, Ballard and kinkaid.
Revision--Carpenter. Eddy and Wilson.
Finance, Banking and lnsurance-Newell,
Wells, Campbell, Archuleta and Adams.
Corporations and RailrOads-Eddy, Car
penter, Freeman, Cornish and Wilson.
Education and Educational Institutions
Beckwith, Eddy and Kinkaid.
Mines and Mining-COrnish, Abbott
Christian, Kinkaid and Ryan.
Agriculture and Irrigation Freeman,
Wells, McCandless, M0ntez and Lee:
StOck-WOOdwOrth, Beckwith and Barela.
State Affairs and Public Lands-Wells,
Campbell and Poole.
County Affairs-Archuleta, Freeman and
Wilson.
State Institutions and Public Buildings
Hfsk;s;1n GamRbelI mp and Balasd An
bOtt and Ryan.
Supplies and Senate Expenditures-Mc-
Candless, Beckwith and Poole.
military Affairs-Montez Carpenter and
Lee.
Printing-Waters, Woodworth and Poole.
Engrossment-Abb Greene and Ryan.
Enrolment = Christian, HarkisOn and
Adams.